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- Title
Glycemic control in patients receiving insulin critics: integrative review.
- Authors
Teixeira Paixão, Carina; de Mendonça Nepomuceno, Raquel; Dopico da Silva, Lolita; Silva de Andrade, Karla Biancha; Ferreira de Almeida, Luana
- Abstract
Objective: To discuss the knowledge produced on glycemic control for critically ill patients receiving continuous insulin infusion. Method: Integrative review of publications in the literature bases Ovid, Scopus and Science that dealt with continuous insulin infusion in hospitalized patients from 2003 to 2013 and full text available online. Selected eleven publications. Results: Glycemic control with intravenous insulin showed higher rates of hypoglycemia despite allowing achieve faster target goal and computerized protocols are effective resources to prevent hypoglycemic events though expensive and still not available on the Brazilian reality. Conclusion: It is important for nurses to provide input on the implications of severe hypoglycemia during continuous infusion of insulin for the control of risks in nursing care processes. Descriptors: Insulin, Blood glucose, Hypoglycemia, Nursing.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; BLOOD sugar monitoring; CRITICALLY ill; DATABASES; HEALTH; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN pumps; INTRAVENOUS therapy; NURSING; PATIENTS; SYSTEMATIC reviews; HEALTH literacy; GLYCEMIC control
- Publication
Revista de Pesquisa: Cuidado é Fundamental, 2015, Vol 7, Issue 4, p3339
- ISSN
1809-6107
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.9789/2175-5361.2015.v7i4.3339-3350